Frankly, it's not advisable for those people who aim for shopping to follow tour agency. As you won't have enough time to shop around, especially if you want to shop for clothes.
So, better go on your own and shop till you drop.
QUOTE(candy_chl @ May 25 2008, 01:28 PM)
I'm back fr Taiwan already !!!!
Another thing to warn all is that..........tour guide will prompt to bring u to 'black' shop (haha.....if u know wat i mean in kantonese)........selling Ling Zhi, Pi Xiu (a kind of animal for guarding money....exact despription i oso not that sure) and Jade. The only thing i think worth to buy is the Jade, others depends on how superstitous and how rich u are.......lol.
Hey, I think the places that we visited are quite similar.
Talking bout the Ling Zhi, tell you what, our tour alone spent around RM4k in that Ling Zhi shop. In fact, my parents "contributed" around RM 1,500. Btw, we are not very rich coz i think the tour guide is the richest!!!

He then bought us 3 boxes of beers during our dinner.